Veterans Memorial Golf Course
Great Lakes, Illinois · 18 holes · par 72 · Military. Designed by Paul Loague.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 700 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 149. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 6, where the green sits 18 ft above the tee and plays about 6 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 2, where the green sits 22 ft below the tee and plays about 7 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the left on 8 holes and on the right on 4: a tee shot missed left costs more here.
- 13 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Blue | White | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 5 | 415 | 392 | 351 | 323 |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | 389 | 358 | 312 | 255 |
| 3 | 4 | 15 | 300 | 292 | 269 | 241 |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 557 | 529 | 472 | 434 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | 185 | 177 | 132 | 120 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 452 | 417 | 340 | 332 |
| 7 | 3 | 17 | 144 | 135 | 119 | 103 |
| 8 | 5 | 9 | 497 | 486 | 442 | 394 |
| 9 | 4 | 13 | 340 | 319 | 305 | 247 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 478 | 450 | 419 | 388 |
| 11 | 4 | 10 | 417 | 385 | 338 | 297 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 162 | 161 | 134 | 126 |
| 13 | 4 | 14 | 393 | 365 | 324 | 293 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 431 | 400 | 368 | 334 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | 344 | 320 | 313 | 297 |
| 16 | 3 | 18 | 183 | 145 | 116 | 94 |
| 17 | 5 | 12 | 521 | 486 | 426 | 402 |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | 434 | 384 | 332 | 326 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 6637 | 72.1 | 125 |
| White | Female | 6184 | 75.6 | 127 |
| White | Male | 6184 | 70 | 120 |
| Gold | Female | 5512 | 71.9 | 113 |
| Gold | Male | 5512 | 66.9 | 113 |
| championship | Male | 5186 | 93 | |
| Red | Female | 5006 | 69.1 | 113 |
| middle | Male | 4955 | 89 | |
| forward | Male | 4496 | 92 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 418+8 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 400 · 415 · 429front · middle · back
- Green size
- 31 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 237
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 262 to reach, 296 to carry
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards longer: the green sits 8 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg right at about 292 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 262 to reach, 296 to carry. Drives that finish short of 262 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 237.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green falls from back to front, about 4.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 382-22 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 377 · 389 · 401front · middle · back
- Green size
- 26 × 21yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 27 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- Water right: 140 to reach, 203 to carry
- Water across the hole: 143 to reach, 174 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 7 yards shorter: the green sits 22 ft below the tee.
- Water crosses the hole: 143 to reach, 174 to carry.
- Fairway water on the right: 140 to reach, 203 to carry. Drives that finish short of 140 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 27 yards wide at 235.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 1.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 304+11 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 287 · 300 · 312front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 29yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 31 ydswide at 187
- Green slope
- 4.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 186 to reach, 199 to carry
- Water front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 11 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 31 yards wide at 187.
- The green is guarded on the right by water; miss left.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 36 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 518 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 38 hazards with reach and carry
- 13 green slope reads
- 4 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].